Here is an archive of prior Race Workshop meetings from 2020-21.

Spring 2021

April 29th – Dr. Eli Meghji (University of Cambridge) on “Decolonizing Sociology.” For abstract and speaker bio, click here.

April 8th – Dr. Megan Squire (Elon University) on “Using Data Science to Understand Online Hate.” *Note: This talk will be held at 4:30 p.m. rather than our usual meeting time.* For abstract and speaker bio, click here.

April 1st – Dr. Justin Mellette (Northeastern University) on “Peculiar Whiteness: Racial Anxiety and Poor Whites in Southern Literature, 1900-1965.” For abstract and speaker bio, click here.

March 25th – Dr. Brian Foster (University of Mississippi) on “I Don’t Like the Blues: Race, Place, and the Backbeat of Black Life.” For abstract and speaker bio, click here.

February 11th – Dr. Apryl Williams (University of Michigan) on “What Karen Memes Teach Us About Whiteness and Racialized Surveillance.” For abstract and speaker bio, click here.

Fall 2020

November 5th – Panel and Discussion on “Racialized Emotions and Politics” For abstract and speakers’ bios, click here.

October 15th – Dr. Zawadi Rucks-Ahidiana (SUNY-Albany)  on “Racial Inequality Reproduction: A Du Boisian Theory of History, Structure, and Culture.” For abstract and speaker bio, click here.

September 17th – Dr. Jordan A. Conwell (University of Wisconsin-Madison)  on “Race, Gender, Higher Education, and Socioeconomic Attainment: Evidence from Baby Boomers at Mid-Life.” For abstract and speaker bio, click here.

August 27th – Dr. Rahsaan Mahadeo (Georgetown University) on “Funk the Clock: Transgressing Time While Young, Prescient and Black.” For abstract and speaker bio, click here.